Campbell
Australian Official War History Vol. XII Photographic Record
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embk0102 Content or description:
PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD
OF THE WAR
REPRODUCTIONS OF PICTURES TAKEN BY THE
AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
(CAPTAINS G.H. WILKINS, M.C., AND J.F. HURLEY, LIEUTENANTS
H.F. BALDWIN AND J.P. CAMPBELL)
AND OTHERS
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 260, 262 - Burchett
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wbalbst260-262 Content or description:
1871 two 2 storey houses 260 and 262 were built for Messrs Mixner and Campbell, lime merchants. Architect was Crouch and Wilson. Campbell lived in 260 and Mixner in 262. No. 262 was demolished to make way for the Masonic Centre.
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 268, Woollahra
Description:
Large free-standing house.
History:
'Joe' Thompson was a bookmaker and in 1873 he was also the owner of a horse named Don Juan (bought for £50 at Kirk's bazaar) who won the Melbourne Cup that year. Thompson used the proceeds of his winnings to build this house, which he named Don Juan House. The house was said to have cost £20,000.
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 144 - Burchett
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wbgipst144 Content or description:
Built 1891 for E F Mitchell - a 2 storey house.
Builder F Nixon, Architect W H Campbell.
Occupied 1892 - 1911 by E F Mitchell.
Demolished for Mercy Hospital site
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 144, Fanecourt
Description:
Large red brick house with central carriage way.
History:
Mitchell's four daughters, along with their cousin, Maie Ryan (later Lady Casey) were educated by private governess in Fanecourt's school room. Four of the five became writers. The Mitchell family sold Fanecourt in 1913 and later it was divided into eight flats and renamed Torrington.
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 079
Description:
One of three similar double fronted houses, single storey to the street but with a two storey section at the rear.
History:
The builder of the house and its first owner was Thomas Murray. The house was initially built with six rooms but by 1888 had increased to eight rooms. Murray owned the house until his death in 1892. According to the Inventory of Assets in the probate papers, as well as the eight rooms the house had a bathroom, pantry and outhouses and was let at £6.10.0 per month.
East Melbourne, Powlett Street 129, 131, 133, 135 - Burchett
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wbpowst129-135 Content or description:
1867. MCC BR: W. Murdoch to build four 2-storey houses for Mr. R.A. Scott. Architects: Geo. R. Cox.
1868. Scott - owner. Tenants: H.B. McCartney, vacant, W. Baillee ?, J.N. Strongman.
1869. Tenants: Gregory, Bailey, Strongman.
1870. R. Scott - owner. Tenants: R. Johnson, R. Gregory, W. Bailey, G.? Tonzell.
1871. Scott - owner. Tenants: Angus Mackay, Robt. Gregory, William Froomes, Alf. M.
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East Melbourne, Victoria Parade 154, 156, 158, 160
Description:
A wide freestanding Victorian Villa of substantial proportions. It incorporates bracketed eaves, with returns under a gently pitched hipped roof over a sober facade composed symmetrically around a generously proportioned entrance doorway. A substantial fence and gracious steps lead to the building.
History:
This impressive house was designed in 1882 by Alfred Friedrich (Fritz) Kursteiner for Dr Alexander Buttner and completed in 1883. The builder was William Muller.
Kursteiner was born in Basle, Switzerland, and worked in Melbourne from c.1853 to 1893 when like many architects who suffered a downturn in work during the depression, he moved to Western Australia, where he died in 1897.
East Melbourne, Victoria Parade 514, 516, 518, 520, 522, 524, Royal Villas
Description:
A row of six terrace houses. The central four each have a triple arched verandah and two windows above, while the two end houses have an arched porch over the front door and one window downstairs, and two windows above.
History:
J Knipe notified the City Council of his intention to build a row of six 8 roomed houses in Victoria Parade on 1 December 1876. The builder was to be James Carlton. By June 1877 they were advertised to let for £750 each. In November 1880 they were advertised for sale under instructions from George Godfrey Esq, a solicitor. He was still the owner when they were advertised again in June 1884.
For King and Country - John McNeil Campbell - Exhibition Campbell
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dfex0005 Content or description:
Illustrated panel prepared by volunteers from the East Melbourne Historical Society as part of an exhibition,For King and Country, commemorating the centenary of the commencement of the First World War. It is one of 16 panels, each of which provides a life story, with relevant images, of men and women who served in the war and who had connection with East Melbourne or Jolimont.
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